11 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as all pre employment checks are complete

  • Closing date

    2 February 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    22 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Full time: 35

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Grade 3 - £24,404 - £25,183

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teaching assistants qualified to work in the UK, who can support pupils with their educational establishment, as well as attend to the child's personal needs such as social, pastoral and physical hygiene.

This is a great opportunity to work in a Special Educational Needs School, working under the supervision of other teachers, departmentand senior leads.

What the school offers its staff

Working for Prospere Learning Trust

Great schools thrive because of the great people in them.We invest in our staff to achieve their full potential and offer a range of benefits including.

  • High quality CPD for all roles
  • Bupa Level 1 Health Plan- annual cash back allowance for a range of every day health care expenses
  • Generous Pension Contribution- over 26% for teachers and over 17% for support staff
  • Good holidays –teachers as per School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document;non-teachers receive 26 days annual leaveplus bank holidays,increasing to 31 dayswith 5 years' service
  • Cyclescheme- save up to 39% on a bike and accessories and get Strava for free
  • Employee Assistance Programmes- including access to free counselling and 24/7 helplines
  • Credit Union- regular savings, Christmas saving scheme and access to affordable loans
  • Flexible working options- we're happy to talk flexible working where possible
  • Mental Health First Aidin every school
  • Blue Light Card- discounts on holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and many more
  • bYond cashback card- spend smarter with a prepaid cashback card for your everyday purchases

Visit our website to learn more about our Trust:prospere.org.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

At Prospere Learning Trust we are committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse communities within our schools and the communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Applying for the job

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About Piper Hill High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
School size
278 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19

Piper Hill School is an Outstanding school that is ambitious for every one of our learners. We are a larger than average size special school that caters for students aged 11 – 19 with significant learning difficulties. We aim to provide the very best education for our students and to ensure they have the very best outcomes and make the best rates of progress they possibly can.

Piper Hill high School has state of the art facilities that provide an environment suitable for the learning needs of both children and young adults, including a hydrotherapy pool, dance and drama studio, gym, and an interactive learning environment (ILE room). The school also has a variety of outside spaces, including a Forest School space with overnight camping pods.

Achievements include being awarded the status of National Support School in 2011 and becoming a teaching school in 2014. More recently, we have established the school as a National Centre of Excellence and have developed the capacity to support other special schools through role modelling outstanding practice.

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